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When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.
Elena Kagan

Meaning of "vacuity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VACUITY

From Latin vacuitās empty space, from vacuus empty.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VACUITY

vacuity  [væˈkjuːɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VACUITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vacuity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VACUITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vacuity in the English dictionary

The first definition of vacuity in the dictionary is the state or quality of being vacuous; emptiness. Other definition of vacuity is an empty space or void; vacuum. Vacuity is also a lack or absence of something specified.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VACUITY


acuity
əˈkjuːɪtɪ
ambiguity
ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ
annuity
əˈnjuːɪtɪ
assiduity
ˌæsɪˈdjuːɪtɪ
circuity
səˈkjuːɪtɪ
conspicuity
ˌkɒnspɪˈkjuːɪtɪ
contiguity
kɒntɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ
continuity
ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
discontinuity
dɪsˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
fatuity
fəˈtjuːɪtɪ
fortuity
fɔːˈtjuːɪtɪ
gratuity
ɡrəˈtjuːɪtɪ
hyperacuity
ˌhaɪpərəˈkjuːɪtɪ
ingenuity
ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪtɪ
innocuity
ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ
innocuousness
ˌɪnəˈkjuːɪtɪ
perpetuity
ˌpɜːpɪˈtjuːɪtɪ
perspicuity
ˌpɜːspɪˈkjuːɪtɪ
promiscuity
ˌprɒmɪˈskjuːɪtɪ
stereoacuity
ˌstɛrɪəʊæˈkjuːɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VACUITY

vacua
vacuate
vacuation
vacuist
vacuities
vacuolar
vacuolate
vacuolation
vacuole
vacuolisation
vacuolization
vacuous
vacuously
vacuousness
vacuum
vacuum activity
vacuum aspiration
vacuum bottle
vacuum brake
vacuum cleaner

WORDS THAT END LIKE VACUITY

antiquity
biscuity
congruity
deferred annuity
employment equity
equity
fruity
immediate annuity
in perpetuity
incongruity
inequity
iniquity
life annuity
negative equity
obliquity
private equity
propinquity
superfluity
tenuity
ubiquity

Synonyms and antonyms of vacuity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VACUITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vacuity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vacuity

Translation of «vacuity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VACUITY

Find out the translation of vacuity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vacuity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vacuity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

虚标
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vacuidad
570 millions of speakers

English

vacuity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निस्सारता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فراغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пустота
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vacuidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অমনোযোগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vacuité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekosongan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leere
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

欠如
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공허
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vacuity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trống không
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெறுமை நிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रिकामपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dalgınlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vacuità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pustka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порожнеча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

golul sticlei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κενότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ledigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tomrum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vacuity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vacuity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VACUITY»

The term «vacuity» is regularly used and occupies the 74.784 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VACUITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vacuity

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2 QUOTES WITH «VACUITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vacuity.
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Misha Collins
A lot of times you see really good-looking guys on TV and you sort of assume that maybe there's some sort of vacuity behind them.
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Elena Kagan
When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VACUITY»

Discover the use of vacuity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vacuity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chinese Nutrition Therapy: Dietetics in Traditional Chinese ...
Eating two to three warm meals daily and strengthening the body with kidney- warming foods is advisable, especially for kidney yang vacuity. Combining nutritional therapy with foods that strengthen the center burner is recommended.
Joerg Kastner, 2011
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Clinical Introduction to Medical Acupuncture
Manifestations will include signs of spleen vacuity. Cough, asthma, and copious sputum are indicative of spleen vacuity affecting the lungs. Replete Yin Symptoms of replete yin include Cold signs with edema and phlegm, or Damp signs.
Steven K.H. Aung, William Pai-Dei Chen, 2011
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Biomedicine: A Textbook for Practitioners of Acupuncture & ...
As we have seen above, spleen vacuity (with concomitant blood vacuity) may cause liver depression, while liver depression will typically inhibit the spleen's qi mechanism all the more. Thinking binds the qi and liver depression also results in ...
Bruce H. Robinson, 2007
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Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine
1.2 Heart Blood Vacuity and Heart Yin Vacuity & >^ fifl $ The outstanding common features of heart blood vacuity and heart yin vacuity are disquieted heart spirit and insufficiency of yin-blood. Both disorders may occur when fire forming as a ...
Nigel Wiseman, 1995
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The Pulse Classic
There are three kinds of vacuity and repletion in humans. What are they? The answer is as follows: There is vacuity and repletion of the pulse, vacuity and repletion of disease, and vacuity and repletion of manifestations. In terms of vacuity and ...
‎1997
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Hardware and Software: Verification and Testing: 4th ...
We note that the lower bound for the problem of deciding inherent vacuity is open . The difficulties in proving a PSPACE lower bound are similar to the ones encountered in studying the complexity of vacuity detection in model checking (a  ...
Hana Chockler, Alan J. Hu, 2009
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Fulfilling the Essence: A Handbook of Traditional & ...
The main patterns discussed in the Chinese TCM literature related to female infertility are kidney yang vacuity, kidney yin vacuity, blood vacuity, liver depression, blood stasis, cold uterus, phlegm damp accumulation and obstruction, and damp ...
Bob Flaws, 1993
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The Packaging User’s Handbook
With thin plastics or aluminium caps, it is generally not advisable to exceed the recommended torque. The importance of vacuity or ullage Vacuity or ullage can be described as the amount by which a bottle falls short of being brimful with liquid.
Frank A. Paine, 1990
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A Handbook of Chinese Hematology
If there is former heaven kidney vacuity, this can lead to non-fortification of the spleen. On the other hand, a weak and debilitated spleen may lack the strength to supplement kidney yang. In both cases, one precipitates the severity of detriment ...
Simon Becker, 2000
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Dui Yao: The Art of Combining Chinese Medicinals
Lack of appetite, loose stools, fatigue, lack of strength, and spontaneous perspiration due to qi vacuity (1) 4. Low-grade fever due to qi vacuity (2) Notes: (1 ) When one wants to supplement the middle burner, one should prescribe honey  ...
‎1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VACUITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vacuity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Watson: A strategy for energy and everything else
The premiers last week issued a 35-page document on the subject that has been widely and justly criticized for its vacuity. That it was the product of several ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
2
Opinion: Here's the national energy strategy Canada really needs
The premiers last week issued a 35-page document on the subject that has been widely and justly criticized for its vacuity. That it was the product of several ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Review: In 'Self/less,' Immortality at a Cost
All of it unfolds in the atmosphere of gaudy, portentous vacuity that is Mr. Singh's trademark. Photo. Ben Kingsley as a dying real estate mogul who pays to have ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Eddie Pepitone: What Rough Beast review – a howl of despair at …
Eddie Pepitone is doing two things in his current show. He's howling with despair at the depravity and vacuity of modern living, and he's deconstructing his own ... «The Guardian, May 15»
5
Reject vacuous politicians
This vacuity certainly speaks to a major problem with Trudeau. It's become increasingly apparent that he didn't run for office to implement policies x, y and z ... «Toronto Sun, Jan 15»
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Myleene Klass and a telling insight into the vacuity and class envy of …
Sometimes even I feel sorry for Ed Miliband. He attracts disasters. Can he really be as gauche and ham-fisted as he appears? When David Cameron again ... «Daily Mail, Nov 14»
7
Motte and Bailey Doctrines
Some time ago I wrote a paper entitled The Vacuity of Postmodernist Methodology (here or here or here ) in which I described and named a number of such ... «Practical Ethics, Sep 14»
8
The Worrying Vacuity Of Hillary Clinton
If anything, his characterization of Hillary's self-serving political pronouncements as "unctuous, vapid, vacuous, anodyne" seems understated. He says "The ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»
9
Atwitter about Matteo Renzi
On the flipside of his youth and energy are inexperience, improvisation and moments of vacuity. His personal style may hamper systematic government. «The Economist, Jul 14»
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Frugal to the point of vacuity
I suppose it helps to be at Harvard. It also helps to have a combination of subjects — evolution and the human brain — that Zimmer has written about in the past. «ScienceBlogs, Dec 13»

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